Written by Alina Mae Wilson

It has been confirmed. That spark of electricity that made the original Broadway cast of Into the Woods so unutterably unique still remains. I can say this with absolute certainty, because I just attended the Into the Woods reunion performance this past weekend at Segerstrom Center of Performing Art in Costa Mesa. It was so beautiful, I fell in love again.

(Left to Right) Danielle Ferland, Ben Wright, Kim Crosby, Chip Zien and Bernadette Peters in a scene from “Into the Woods” at the Martin Beck Theatre.

Written by Alina Mae Wilson

A celebration of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Into the Woods will be presented on November 9th at California’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts. The evening will be part conversation and part musical selection and (drumroll please) will feature original cast members Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Bernadette Peters, Robert Westenberg, Kim Crosby, Danielle Ferland, Ben Wright, and of course, the inestimable composer and lyricist Mr. Sondheim himself, as well as Bernadette Peters. So essentially every character you immediately think of when you think of Into the Woods. Continue Reading